Kerala Gazette No. 12 dated 24th March 2009.

PART I

Section i

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Law (Leg. Publication) Department

NOTIFICATION

No.15554/Leg. Pbn. 3/2008/Law. Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 1st September, 2008.

The following Act of Parliament, published in the Gazette of India

Extraordinary Part II, Section I, dated the 28th March, 2008 is hereby republished

for general information. The Bill as passed by the Houses of Parliament received

the assent of the President on the 28th March, 2008.

By order of the Governor,

P. S. GOPINATHAN,

Law Secretary.

G. 729/2008/Kannur.

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THE FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008

(ACT NO. 13 OF 2008)

AN

ACT

to amend the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as

follows:—

1. Short title and commencement.—(1)

This Act may be called the

Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Act, 2008.

(2)

It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 7th day of

February, 2008.

2.

Amendment of section 3.—In the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

(34 of 2006), (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 3, in sub-

section (1), for clause (ze), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

‘(ze) “Member” includes a part-time Member and the Chairperson of the

Food Authority;’.

3.

Amendment of section 5.— In section 5 of the principal Act, for sub-

sections (4) and (5), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:—

“(4) The Chairperson and the Members including part-time Members other

than the ex-officio Members of the Food Authority may be appointed by the

Central Government on the recommendations of the Selection Committee.

(5)

The Chairperson of the Food Authority shall not hold any other

office.”.

4.

Amendment of section 7.—In section 7 of the principal Act, in sub-section

(1), for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:—

“Provided that the Chairperson shall not hold office as such after he has

attained the age of sixty-five years.”.

5.

Repeal and saving.—(1)

The Food Safety and Standards (Amendment)

Ordinance, 2008 (Ordinance 6 of 2008) is hereby repealed.

(2)

Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken

under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to

have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.